Calabuig, A., Garcia-Marí, F., & Pekas, A. 2014 Ants affect the infestation levels but not the parasitism of honeydew and non-honeydew producing pests in citrus. Bulletin of Entomological Research 104: 405-417
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Notes: In the present study, we conducted ant-exclusion experiments in the field in order to determine the impact of three species of ants on the infestation levels and parasitism of three of the most important citrus pests in western Mediterranean citrus: the honeydew producer A. floccosus and the non-honeydew producers A. aurantii and Phyllocnistis citrella (Staiton) (Lepidoptera: Gracillaridae). Concretely we asked the following questions: (i) are ants able to induce population increases of herbivores in citrus; (ii) is the impact of ants different for honeydew and non-honeydew producing herbivores; and (iii) is the parasitism of the honeydew and non-honeydew producing herbivores affected by ants? https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485313000564
